NYC NOMS: Day 5 and 6 and 7

Day 5:

Wednesday morning Britton and I fought our way through the steady rain to the South Seaport TKTS booth to round out our NY experience with a broadway show. A friend recommended this location for the short lines, but you still needed to get there early. Summer=tourists=lines. So we finally made it into the tiny ticket booth, and being Sinatra fans, we went with Come Fly Away.

We were meeting Britton's sister at the The Met in the afternoon, so we made a stop by Grand Central station to grab some lunch. Being completely drenched by the rain, Britton may or may not have removed his underwear in the men's restroom and dried them with a hand dryer. Though the food court at Grand Central seemed ridiculously large, we settled on Cafe Spice, an Indian fast food place.

Chicken tikka masala, chicken curry, and mango lassies. Yum!

After lunch, we made our way over to The Met. This museum is gorgeous, and I could spend several days looking at every exhibit. Their Egyptian collection is extensive, and we also enjoyed the armory exhibit. I went completely nuts over the Italian and French decor section of the museum. Whole rooms from Venetian and Parisian palaces and hotels were removed and transported the the museum. It was simply magical.

The Met has thousands of Egyptian artifacts on display. This is just a few of the many.

For dinner we took the subway to Chinatown to have soup dumplings at Joe's Shanghai. THEY WERE SO DELICIOUS.

Scallion pancake. This didn't last very long.

And of course, soup dumplings. Britton shows you how to eat these little gems in this wonderful, though awkwardly long video.

SOUP DUMPLINGS!!!NOM

We closed out the night with Come Fly Away. There was no dialogue in this show, but various dance sequences set to the music of Frank Sinatra. It did not blow my mind, but it was enjoyable. We had seats in the front row, and the dancers were flinging sweat like crazy. We were terrified we would wacked with sweat during the first half of the show.

Day 6:

Thursday morning we hopped on the Subway for the long ride to Coney Island. Britton and I took a whirl on the famous Wonder Wheel while waiting for his sister to arrive from Queens.

For lunch, we ate at the original Nathan's hot dog stand. Britton was raving about these dogs, and they did not disappoint.

When Britton's sister arrived, we watched the all-girls Coney Island Freak Show, and afterward, had a freaky beer at the bar outside.

A view of Coney Island from the beach.

Dinner was at Katz's delicatessan. We grabbed a couple sandwiches, and as I was ordering my New York egg cream, I watched this Puerto Rican lady go completely bonkers on one of the carvers. Lesson learned. Don't separate a lady from her sandwich.

Hot Pastrami w/ half and full sour pickles.

Our next stop was the Empire State Building. As a child, I had seen Sleepless in Seattle a MILLION times on day time television, so the Empire State was the only very touristy item on my to-do list in New York. The lines were horrific, and the employees assigned to hustle us from one waiting room to another were loud, curt, and dressed in dull red. At one point in line they were shuffling people in front of this enormous camera for the token expensive we-were-here photo with the Empire State Building hovering in the background. Britton, his sister, and I decided we would pretend like we were flying, but when our turn came, the man yelled "SMILE!" and took the picture too fast for the three of us to get into position. The photographer laughed at the preview of the photo as we walked away. Later, when we saw the picture, I had my arm completely blocking my face and Britton's arms were partially raised. Britton's sister somehow managed to look like she was flying, but overall, a big fat FAIL.

Just spectacular views from the observation deck. We had to fight a million European and Asian tourists to get this unobstructed photo.

And this one.

It was chilly and VERY windy. In this picture I am holding my clothes on my body.

We bought a little magnet for our fridge that looks like this figurine. King Kong is like, "Who? Me?"

A lovely pitstop at Momofuku Milk Bar on our way home. On the left, a slice of grasshopper pie. Two pork buns w/ some sriracha. One container of cereal milk (which tastes just like the milk leftover from a bowl of frosted flakes.)

Day 7:

Friday started off with a tour of NBC Studios. We hung out with NBC interns while viewing the set of Nightly News with Brian Williams and SNL. After our tour, thanks to Britton's sister and Living Social, we got free froyo from Red Mango as well as a free SNL-themed t-shirt from the gift shop downstairs.

As I was devouring my froyo, I discovered this thing. It wasn't a computer...it was a big effin' table.

OOOOHH. Microsoft Surface. Britton was embarassed I was playing with it, but it had a virtual koi pond on it for goodness sake.

We also stopped by the Lego Store next to 30 Rock. BEST STORE EVER. There were lego depictions of different parts of New York, including statues from Rockefeller Center.

We also took a long stroll through Central Park.

I think this was a view from Belvedere Castle in Central Park.

Strawberry Fields memorial.

We three met Britton's friend at the Peking Duck House in Chinatown for dinner.

This place had FANTASTIC Peking duck, but I cannot vouch for the other dishes. The sweet and sour pork had pickles in it. Ew.

For dessert, we grabbed some free cupcakes (again, thank you Britton's sis and Living Social) from Butter Lane. I think this place is in "The Village" but don't take my word for it. I had a the banana cupcake with peanut butter frosting. Delicious. And Britton's sis gave the leftovers to a homeless man to spread the love even farther.

Video from the Lego Store.